Tweet I’ve taken all of the solos I transcribed on Relaxin’ At Camarillo and put them in a score. The take is listed at the beginning of each stave. It’s pretty cool to look at these solos stacked up like this. There are a few instances where Charlie Parker played exactly the same line in [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Tagged alto saxophone, Bebop, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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Tweet From the four takes that we have of Relaxin’ At Camarillo, Take C is the one that was chosen for release. This was actually the first of these solos I transcribed. The difference between this and the others was that I learned this one by ear and committed it to memory before writing it [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Tagged alto saxophone, Bebop, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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Tweet Here is another take from “The Complete Dial Sessions.” After putting this 3rd take down on paper, I’m beginning to see some patterns emerge throughout. I’ll share some of those in a later post. Amazon.com Widgets
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By Eddie Rich
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Tagged alto saxophone, Bebop, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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Tweet Here is the next take of Relaxin’ At Camarillo. If you look at the 8th and 9th bars of each chorus, you’ll see that they’re almost exactly the same. Also, check out the 4th bar of the second chorus. To my ears, it sounds like a mistake and the last two notes are articulated [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Tagged alto saxophone, Bebop, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, Saxophone, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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Tweet I’m spending a lot of time with Charlie Parker right now and thought I’d share a little bit of my work. This solo can be found on “The Complete Dial Sessions” by Charlie Parker. It’s a 4-disc set and has multiple takes of several tunes. It’s neat to listen and hear the differences and [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Tagged alto saxophone, Bebop, Bird, blues, Charlie Parker, jazz, pdf, Relaxin' At Camarillo, sax, The Complete Dial Sessions, transcription
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Tweet It’s been a few weeks since I posted my 1st ear training exercise and a variation on it. I’ve been working on them and have been making some improvements. I’ve just began working on a new exercise. It uses the same tools as the 1st exercise, flash cards and a piano/keyboard, but is a [...]
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TweetI just recorded a few tracks with Moksha for their upcoming 2nd album on Monday and thought I’d share a couple of photos from the session. It went really well and I can’t wait to hear the final product! I played baritone saxophone for the recording and this is the microphone they had for me. [...]
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Tweet I just wanted to share a few ideas I’ve been reading and thinking about that deal with practicing when you don’t have access to your instrument. I’m talking about when you’re driving around town, waiting at the dentist’s office, or it’s late and you can’t practice in your apartment. In this age of smartphones [...]
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Tweet It’s always good to try different approaches on an exercise when possible. It allows you to discover connections/associations you may not have been known about, or it can help you to solidify your understanding of concepts you kind of know, but you’d have to think about to apply. The development of skill in music [...]
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Tweet In my last post, I mentioned working on intervals and sharing the exercises I’m doing. So, without further ado, here is the 1st Ear Training Exercise for 2011. This exercise is a variation on a Charlie Banacos exercise I read about several months ago. In the Banacos exercise, you begin by playing a I-IV-V-I [...]
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